"I don't eat anything that lives on land," she said, a good thing given that her family's business, where she works in sales, operates seafood restaurants and processing plants.
"Not a good way to start the day," said Leo, adding that his wife, Harriet, to whom he has been married for as long as he has been in sales, operates all the appliances at home.
The bulk of the benefits accrue to the traditional stores, in the form of more sales, operating efficiencies and better customer service.
It is still carrying close to $900,000 in debt, functioning largely on the good will of an all-volunteer staff and, with no real source of income except ticket sales, operating on a show-by-show basis.
Despite the stagnation in sales, operating income for the quarter rose to $839 million, more than twice what it was in the year before, when the company endured a huge write-off of its assets in India.
In almost methodical fashion, the world's third-largest automaker reported record sales, operating income and net profit figures for the first half of the Japanese fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30.
With costs rising faster than sales, operating margins have fallen from 23%of revenues in 1993 to 9.8% in fiscal 1997.
Insurance can be cheap: An outfit with $500 million in sales operating in "medium-risk" countries like Peru can get $10 million of coverage for $8,000 or so.
Today Wolseley's North American sales, operating under myriad trade names, are at $8.5 billion, far outflanking those of NYSE-traded Hughes Supply (number two, with $3 billion).
Today Wolseley's North American sales, operating under a myriad trade names, are at $8.5 billion, far outflanking those of NYSE-traded Hughes Supply (No. 2, with $3 billion).
The research involved a questionnaire survey of independent community off-sales operating in the city of Glasgow, Scotland (population circa 600,000) conducted between October 2011 and April 2012.
